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• n  an affix that is added at the end of the word
• v  attach a suffix to
  suffix words

• Although it is now a for-profit business with 25 employees (the dot-org suffix is pure nostalgia), the site's founder, Craig Newmark, still refers to it as a "public service .
• ICANN also approved GNRs proposed suffix .
• The only change from the days of horned hats and pillage is that parents can also choose to use the mothers first name with the suffix son or datter.

• postfix

• prefix

News & Articles

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• Free Paleo Seminar - Elite Sports Training
  Eatology is based on the "science of eating." The name is derived from the definition of “eat”, which means the ingestion of food to provide the nutritional needs for energy and growth to organisms. The suffix, “ology” means the science, or study of.Understanding why it is important to make the right choices when choosing what to eat for your next meal will assist you in making the right choices ...
  June 29, 2013 - WPXI Pittsburgh

Quotes

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• Grant Barrett in Bradenton Herald
  How can we not mention Watergate and the -gate suffix? That's the single most successful new political word ever,Barrett said. "Over time, the use makes the original meaning become diminished - even curse words, with use, their value...
• Gibson Sibanda in Independent Online
  We have sent an emissary on the issue of working out an amicable divorce and the other side is willing to discuss,Sibanda said. "On the name, we will see how we change it either by putting a prefix or a suffix to it. If we don't agree then...
• Moazzam Begg in Toronto Star
  Every little operation was given the suffix `Bob.' `Operation Wash-Bob' would be to take prisoners out to shower,Begg wrote in his memoir, Enemy Combatant. "Operation Sun-Bob was getting everybody in The Barn out into the sun for a certain...